I’m learning natural light ,then i want to move to strobes. The reason – while you can get very good glamour looking shoots with just natural lights and reflectors – its very hard to get it any time you want especially really glamour look. Thats why all fashion/gl photographers us softboxes, umbrellas,speedlites. But which lite setup i need to make a glamour photos like yours for example??
Do i need nvest in medium/large umbrella? Or i need to buy 2 softboxes? Or beauty dish? What i really need ? Everyone suggest different, all book suggest different light setups. And because i like your work i want to know what you will advice! How you started ? What u been using for lights? Did you start just from 1 speedlite and then got umbrella?

Please help! I dont want to spend fortune for equipment which i will not rellally need for glamour/fashion photography (im planning to shoot mostly on locations and outdoors(sometimes in studio)).

Thank you very much in advance! I wish i would have menthor like you!

Sorry haven’t been able to visit your blog for some time..
But I was thrilled (and not so surprised) to come back and see all the super new stuff on it.

Great pictures as usual. I just loved the super glam effect you (and Kevin) have achieved here. That is something I dont see too often even when people have lit their shot real bright trying to achieve that.

Too bad I am not in your vicinity .. else I would have made sure to attend one of these workshops. (If I am even there for a short visit.. I am in)

But I do have a small question.. If we had to pick one light(ing) that is use-able for most glam shots and gives a super glam effect (like the ones you have in here).. what would it be? .. I am not sure if there would be one such light that suits most glam shots and is versatile enough..

I have seen umbrellas, beauty dishes etc being used for different shots.. but is there ONE light that is good for “most” situations and good enough for top half and full length shots? .. any guiding ‘light’ for me?

PS: sorry for my language.

I just needed to add my two cents to this blog. This one-on-one workshop with Jason is the single best thing I’ve ever done for myself to improve my photography.

I truly felt like a novice when I walked in the door. There were functions on my camera and on my flash that I hadn’t even really understood until this session. More importantly for me, I learned so much about lighting, directing the model and make-up/hair artists, etc.

I can tell you that I walkd out of my workshop so much more confident in my skills and having learned new skills that I can replicate today.

I recently tried a group workshop in NYC offered by a well-known photography magazine. Never again!!! I received no individualized instruction; had to weasel my way to the front of a group of 15-20 photographers to get a few shots of a mediocre model; had to deal with poorly lighted sets; and had no one to really ask questions of when they arose.

I seriously plan to attend another one-on-one workshop with Jason. He’s amazing photographer and a stand-up person. How many photographer-instructors do you know who join their student for dinner each night or take them out to a couple of clubs each night??? We had an opportunity to get to really know each other and I had so many opportunities to pick Jason’s brain away from the studio.

If you’re considering this workshop, schedule it NOW!

If you’d like to see how my work has progressed, please feel free to go to my page on http://www.flickr.com and my user name is Renoir7777. Or, go to http://www.modelmayhem.com and check out my page at Illini Photography.

And finally, Jason, thanks for your instruction and your friendship.

Kevin Miller